[Third Person POV]
Over the past year, Hajime's schedule has been incredibly busy.
Between growing plants using senjutsu and the Grow-Grow Fruit, and going out hunting bounties, Silent Echo was starting to become something regional players were paying attention to.
Yasaka had already informed him that she had received word that the Principal Clans were keeping an eye on them, partly because of Tsubaki and Akeno, and partly because the gods told them to, with Amaterasu telling her to do the same.
Silent Echo's influence was completely relegated to Japan. All their clients were there, and the only client from outside was Grigori, who had operations in Japan.
Not even Korea was getting anything, something that Hajime planned to correct soon. The only way for people to know about you is to reveal yourself, something they hadn't really been doing.
They had a few 'reveals', but nothing that showed what they're capable of.
Hajime didn't just spend the last year growing plants and killing, though.
He'd made sure to either use or stack his gacha rolls, acquiring a large catalog of characters, items, cards, and miscellaneous things.
There was obviously Lyon Vastia, whom Monet had assimilated, and Binz, whom he had assimilated, but Hajime had gotten more over the last year than just them.
{ Kronk }
{ A former henchman of Yzma. Now a popular chef and troop leader of the Junior Chipmunks. }
Kronk was a solid worker with slightly cartoony physical abilities. While Kronk was somewhat clumsy and generally nonviolent, Hajime figured he would be a good addition to their numbers.
If nothing else, he could help take care of the kids of any future members.
Once he thought about it, Hajime even considered having Kronk run an orphanage in a major city like Kyoto. Though after that, Hajime felt his thoughts were treading dangerously close to what Danzo might think, it wasn't something he could rule out.
Strength allows you to protect yourself, so training them would help improve their lives, but it would also put them at risk by getting them involved. Any plans involving children would need extensive planning and scrutiny.
{ Barley Lightfoot }
Ironically, despite being an elf, there was almost nothing to say about the guy. He was an elf, and thus, magically inclined, but in his world, magic was extremely rare.
Barley was an avid magic enthusiast, though, so any chance to learn magic was something he would take.
Hajime was slightly hesitant, though, since he didn't know if Barley would react as Pam did.
{ Sun Breathing Manual }
{ A book dedicated to the art of Sun Breathing. The king of breathing styles, from which all others originate. Demons and other dark beings will flee in terror. }
Hajime was excited when he first got the manual, understanding the value instantly.
It was something he'd gotten in the last few weeks, which was why he still wasn't proficient in it, still only breathing in pattern when he was thinking, multiple times just forgetting about the pattern.
The clones were unable to help him practice.
They didn't have lungs in the traditional sense, so they don't 'breathe' in a way that lets them train with it.
{ Jurota Shishida }
{ The hero Gevaudan, named after the Beast of Gevaudan. Jurota's quirk, Beast, makes him stronger, faster, and hairier than others. }
Jurota, a member of Class 1-B, wasn't as focused on in the story as students from Class 1-A.
His quirk was a strengthening one that turned him into what could be described as Sasquatch. Despite that, he was, somewhat ironically, more intellectually inclined, making him a solid, all-around fighter.
Luckily, Jurota was already Japanese, so he wouldn't need to use a translation spell unless he was talking to those Hajime summoned.
{ Pym Particle Disc Red x100 }
{ Pym Particle Disc Blue x100 }
Both were incredibly useful technologies.
Red discs would shrink, while blue discs would grow, something that would be useful for any stealth missions.
Hajime tested a few to try getting 'infinite' or hyperdense materials. As expected, infinite materials were impossible since expanding the molecules would eventually turn the object into a gas. The hyperdense materials, however, did work, something that Welf was excited about, though he only got a few for testing due to limited numbers.
One of the most important items he got within the year was a Devil Fruit.
{ Inu Inu no Mi, Model: Kyubi no Kitsune }
Yeah.
Safe to say, Hajime was so shocked that he was actually unsure of what to think.
Ignoring the potential problems, Hajime left it in his inventory for later.
He was curious whether or not he'd be able to eat it, given that he had the power of three devil fruits already and hadn't removed the curse, but didn't plan on risking anything for now.
{ Healing Potions (Assorted) x89 }
He got multiple different healing potions, some grouped, some not.
There was 1 group of 50, 2 groups of 10, 3 groups of 5, and 4 groups of 1.
(A/N: Only realized how nicely that added up as I did it, I had a computer choose the number of potions.)
{ Korosensei }
Earned after stacking for two weeks, he was the hentai-like alien slime teacher from Assassination Classroom.
Though psychotic and willing to destroy the world, he also cared deeply for his students and, despite everything, he was a capable teacher.
The only downside was his literal dozens of weaknesses, something which annoyed Hajime to no end since he'd need to remove each one.
Not like summoning him was an option, given the level of danger he could pose. At the very least, he was ultimate-class, and assimilating him would push Hajime closer to transcendant-class.
{ Syndrome }
Yes, the crazy villain from The Incredibles.
Hajime was excited to get him. Though not much was shown about his technology, the few things he did reveal, such as his telekinetic gauntlets, were immensely powerful, capable of stunning a group of superheroes, two of whom had years of experience.
There were also the omnidroids, which could be either really good or really bad, depending on Magnus Rose.
Hajime didn't know much about later events in DxD, but he was aware of several Sacred Gears that became Longinus-level.
There was Gasper's Forbidden Balor View, which evolved into Aeon Balor.
Ingrid Leviathan's Nereid Kyrie is capable of controlling dragons, as well as influencing those like Ophis and Great Red.
Meredith Ordinton's Alphecca Tyrant were the nails that stuck Jesus to the cross. If the cross he bled on and the spear that pierced him reached Longinus level, Alphecca Tyrant obviously would too.
Then there was Magnus Rose's Unknown dictator, letting the user manipulate iron and electric devices, basically if Magneto were technopathic.
Omnidroids were useless if someone could steal control of them.
There was also another new Longinus, but that one was the least memorable in Hajime's opinion.
Star Buster Star Blaster was a pair of a longsword and a rifle. The sword has immense cutting power, while the rifle can fire powerful energy beams. Compared to the other Longinus, it just felt basic; powerful, but basic.
{ Cedric Diggory }
Harry Potter's Competitor from the Triwizard Tournament in The Goblet of Fire.
With the goblet enchanted to pick the best wizard from each of the schools, that meant Cedric would be one of the best possible options for me to have gotten.
As shown in the tournament, Cedric is a top student for transfiguration and charms, but he likely has high grades in all his classes, having been considered the 'best' of Hogwarts.
Honestly, with his talent, he could've probably become one of the more powerful wizards in the country if he hadn't died young.
Cedric wasn't the only Harry Potter character Hajime got, however.
{ Lily Potter }
The mother whose death started it all.
Compared to Cedric, her talent was far better, and had war not broken out, causing her death, she would've absolutely been one of the strongest wizards of her generation.
Looking at her card, Hajime always felt that she and James Potter were a strange part of the world, not because of any plot points, but because the actors looked older than you'd assume the characters to be.
Both were only 21 when they died, but both characters looked like they were in their thirties.
They were also both immensely talented wizards, whose full potential was never shown.
{ Crescent Rose }
Ruby Rose's weapon from RWBY.
The weapon was cool, and the mechashift tech it used was interesting enough.
Hajime was also curious if turning it into a homie might make Ruby 2.0.
Hmm...
If that happened, could he convince Blake that he got Ruby's soul stuffed in her weapon? Or at least convince her until Crescent Rose said something?
{ Apricorn Seeds }
Those were basically the plants that were turned into the original Pokéballs.
Unfortunately, they didn't come with any designs, so replicating Pokéballs was unlikely; however, since they were normal-ish plants, they could easily be sold.
{ Mantis (Kung Fu Panda) }
A former masseuse unintentionally turned deadly warrior after Tigress bumped into Po and mixed up their lists.
Somehow, rather than dying, he and the rest of the Furious Five became one of the most fearsome groups of warriors in China, defeating an army despite 4 members of the group being civilians just moments before the fight.
{ Raikou }
Hajime's second legendary Pokémon after Xerneas.
At this point, Hajime was considering making a zoo for legendary Pokémon.
Or even better, a petting zoo!
A petting zoo for god-like deities, said to be capable of causing calamities of an unknown scale.
Just imagine a literal god walking into the place, only to sense it was full of beings as strong as themself, all of which are looking for food.
{ Mister Nimbus }
It took 3 weeks to get Rick Sanchez's rival and maybe ex-lover?
Mister Nimbus had a few good abilities, but his most interesting was his ability to control the police.
What did that mean? Simple, he controls the police.
It's not mind control, but they listen to him as if it were.
He literally told a group of cops to fight amongst themselves, and they did.
Hajime had to wonder what the method behind such an ability was, but he wouldn't claim it wasn't useful.
That said, there was the question of whether Hajime wanted his memories, since, as shown with Beth and Jerry, he swings both ways as much as he wants.
Still, a useful power was worth at least considering, though there was a good chance Mister Nimbus might sit in Hajime's inventory due to a lack of supernatural 'police'. Most supernatural factions had different names for their peacekeepers, but none were called police, so Hajime wasn't sure if that power would work on them.
Rick was very literal when saying Mister Nimbus controlled the police, so there likely wouldn't be any leniency for what counts as police.
{ Lord Hater }
{ Dombots }
Both were from Wander Over Yonder.
Lord Hater was the main antagonist and Wander's nemesis. Hater's goal is to take over the entire galaxy with his peeper army, a group of aliens with an eye for a head.
Since he appears in what can best be described as a Saturday morning cartoon, Hater never wins.
Lord Hater is a skeleton with magical lightning powers, but acts like a tween most of the time.
Dombots were honestly the more interesting pull.
They were the servants of season 2's big bad, Lord Dominator.
The main thing that makes them so fearsome is their regenerative abilities, making them extraordinarily difficult to put down. Combined with their goopy lava-like projectiles, and even if you engage in hand-to-hand combat, they can immobilize you easily.
Coming in small, large, and probe variants, the finale showed that an army of Dombots was stronger than what the galaxy was able to put together to resist, only winning because Lord Hater managed to use her ship's drill to destroy itself.
{ Bethany Sloane }
Hajime had no idea who this was, but the card description was hilarious.
Apparently, she was the last living descendant of Jesus Christ.
It made Hajime want to laugh when he first read that. I mean, given that there are multiple Longinus in DxD that gained power from being part of Jesus' crucifixion, the thought of countering those items by sharing Jesus' blood was amusing.
Granted, it was a distant relationship, even for Bethany, but given that such a thing made her important to begin with, Hajime believed her blood was either more potent or lively.
{ Kai Chisaki }
After saving up for an entire month, Hajime got an absolutely broken character.
Kai Chisaki, better known as Overhaul, had what could best be described as discount alchemy.
He can manipulate matter on the atomic level, even fusing two people, though he can never change what the atoms are. Overhaul (the quirk) could change diamonds to coal and back, but never change the carbon atoms themselves.
At best, he only rearranges them.
Where the power comes in handy is its fusion abilities.
If Overhaul is used on two people, it becomes possible to fuse them and their abilities, though if fused with the Overhaul user, they retain full control.
Kai used it to fuse with his own men, becoming a giant kaiju that only Midoriya could take down due to the regenerative properties of Overhaul.
The only downside is that if you lose your hands, you can't use it, but that's barely a weakness since Hajime had a few weakness removal cards. Besides, if someone took his hands, they probably wouldn't be dumb enough to let him live after that.
{ Tadashi Hamada }
It took nearly a week to get the older brother to Hiro Hamada and the creator of Baymax.
The guy was a genius scientist before his own teacher killed him.
Big Hero 6 was more focused on the heroes than on the tech and science, but that didn't mean it was pointless. The sequel show proved that the level of technology the show had was extremely advanced, capable of cloning people and genetically mutating them back and forth.
Though not the top scientist, with his little brother Hiro likely taking that spot, Baymax was truly a work of art.
{ Gwen Tennyson (Classic) }
After half a month of stacking, he had gotten an ally with immense talent.
From the first summer when Ben got the Omnitrix, she started delving into magic.
The power of magic in that world allows masters to alter reality as they please, though Gwen, at this point, was as far from that as possible, not even being aware of her own Anodite heritage.
Gwen was one of Ben's most powerful and competent allies.
It would take time for her to grow into such a person, especially since the version Hajime got was pre-magic, but her potential was immense.
{ Charmcaster }
Luckily for Hajime, he got the perfect teacher for Gwen after over a month and a half.
Charmcaster, or Hope as she was born as, originally had her book of spells stolen by a young Gwen, allowing her to start tapping into her potential.
Though a villain most of the time, she isn't truly malicious in comparison to most of Ben's enemies. In Ultimate Alien, after killing Team Tennyson, it was revealed that all she wanted was to revive her father and free Ledgerdomain, her home.
As a villain, most of her goals were obtaining powerful artifacts or things that would help enhance her magic.
Somewhat concerning, given the world he was in, but Hajime felt she could be reasoned with.
After all, Charmcaster wasn't an idiot.
She was the Princess of Ledgerdomain, raised by her father and uncle, both masters of their craft.
Truthfully, she was just bad at planning, namely by always having Ben or Gwen get involved somehow.
The one time she won was when she reclaimed Ledgerdomain after Ben, Gwen, and Kevin defeated Adwaita, the turtle monster thing that usurped her father.
{ Fushiguro Megumi }
The potential man himself. It took Hajime two months to get him.
In Jujutsu Kaisen, Megumi was clearly the one with the most potential. Born to the monster that was Zenin Toji, his physical abilities should've been superior to most people.
He inherited the Zenin clan's technique, the Ten Shadows, which enabled Megumi to obtain the mini Doomsday, Mahoraga.
His teacher was Gojo, the strongest sorcerer, who believed that Megumi could match him in strength one day.
Ironically, Megumi's biggest enemy, and the reason for his lack of power, was himself.
Focusing on pushing to reach Mahoraga as soon as possible, then using him to finish his fights quickly, Megumi never mastered the technique. This becomes blatantly apparent when looking at Sukuna, who managed to fuse multiple of the Ten Shadows' shinigami, enhancing their strength.
{ Pyrrha Nikos }
It only took a little over two weeks to obtain her, but Hajime wasn't upset with it.
Pyrrha was the strongest fighter in her generation, and had she not died early, would've likely been able to master magic as the half-fall maiden.
Her power, Polarity, was underutilized, focusing on minor manipulations rather than brute force. Pyrrha was subtle with it. Shifting things slightly enough to look like skill, but it was flawed.
Truly skilled fighters could easily recognize such a thing, and against such people, her tricks became meaningless.
Hajime was glad he could summon her, though.
He was sure Blake would be thrilled to have a familiar face, and Pyrrha would definitely need it after dying.
{ Power Upgrade Card x29 }
On different days throughout the year, Hajime got a few cards in differing amounts. He didn't need them at the moment, focusing more on improving through training, but once he reached a bottleneck, they would help push his power to the next level.
{ Weakness Removal Card x8 }
Unfortunately, the cards he needed more of were much harder for him to get.
Not only did he have weaknesses of his own, but he had weaknesses to remove from his own allies, such as Monet's weakness to heat.
{ Power Copy Card x15 }
This one was unfamiliar, but the description made it very welcome.
The Power Copy Card does exactly what you'd think, given the name: it lets you copy powers.
By placing the card on the designated person, you can copy any of their powers into the card.
From there, the card functions like a sacred gear or a devil fruit, immediately enhancing one's power.
Since he only had 15 of them, Hajime planned to save them for the most valuable powers he could think of: Power of Destruction, Immortality, Worthless, and likely abilities from his future summons.
The copy wasn't an instant mastery ability; it only copied powers, not skills.
All the card did was increase the potential you had by giving you more abilities.
He could also copy a few of his stronger or simpler abilities, like Energy Absorption or Barrier, and instantly power up some of his weaker members.
It could also make a good reward for future members, granting them the powers they want in return for bringing benefits to Silent Echo.
{ Random Low-Level World Travel Ticket x3 }
Each ticket only took a few days to earn, likely because of the 'Low-Level' part.
Unlike his first travel ticket, these three didn't have any time limit, so he could potentially get a world he could only stay in for a few seconds.
The time would only appear with the randomized world, but Hajime planned to save them for now.
He wasn't in a rush, and he didn't want to bother dealing with more worlds before discovering a way to return to them when the ticket is gone.
Plus, the worlds weren't going to be something like Marvel or DC if he understood correctly.
It was hard to judge what was low-level, but Hajime figured it meant either worlds close to normalcy or worlds like Pair of Kings, where things weren't fleshed out.
{ Bibi Dong }
After getting Tang San, he wasn't expecting to get another person from the Douluo world anytime soon. Still, for over three months of stacking, it was definitely a worthwhile pull.
The version he got was around the time of the main story.
Already a mother, but not yet a god.
Summoning her would probably allow her to evolve into one without the rules of the world holding her back anymore.
The only problem was her mental condition, where the word 'unstable' wasn't just putting it lightly, but being generous.
Hajime wasn't even sure whether a healing potion or a weakness removal card would fix anything.
Then there was her obsessions. She loved her old flame, Yu Xiaogang, and hated the Qian family and their angel blood.
The first obsession wasn't an issue; he literally wouldn't be coming to this world unless Hajime allowed it, but even if the odds were in his favor and Hajime did have the option, it would be better to assimilate for the dragon bloodline and avoid dealing with the man's fragile ego entirely.
Her hatred of angels was a problem, though, given the similarities between Spirit Hall and the Church. If he summoned her, Hajime knew he'd need to keep a close eye on her.
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Author's Note:
I know this chapter is basically just an info dump, but I figured it was better than spamming the previous 4 chapters with this stuff. This will be the last timeskip-related chapter.
Also, the order in which the items are written isn't the order that Hajime got them.
Thanks for reading; I'll see you next time!